“I don’t believe in acquiring yesterday’s technology, I believe in acquiring things that are relevant for the future. So acquiring next generation technology by collaboration, design, intelligent services−people that solve complex problems with software that can be amplified by people and that we can bring large scales of these kind of companies”
Vishal Sikka, CEO and MD, Infosys
Courtesy: www.live mint.com
“India is a unique example of the ‘big getting bigger’ in an extremely competitive landscape. Its IT-BPM exports have doubled in last six years, driven by increasing focus of the industry in new drivers such as digital technologies, growth of an innovative startup ecosystem, and adoption of multiple business models such as partnerships, collaboration, local presence and mergers and acquisitions.”
Achyuta Ghosh, head of research, Nasscom
Courtesy: http://www.zdnet.com
“The parlance in the start-up world might be unit economics, but we as bankers always spoke about branch viability, business viability and product viability. This type of a background makes investors feel secure that bankers will always try to run a revenue-generating business, rather than burning cash for meaningless customer acquisition.”
Manavjeet Singh, founder, Rubique
Courtesy: Economic Times
“The quest for India’s growth prospects to improve is a journey and not a destination. So, we are improving methodologies, we are killing crony capitalism, we are trying to have fair taxation, we are trying to obstruct the blocks to infrastructure. So, I want to repeat that the journey to get India to double-digit growth is a journey, not a destination. So, that is improving everyday.”
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, investor
Courtesy: http://www.moneycontrol.com
“Technology can do its bit to secure enterprises, but there is always the human element. I believe technology plus education go hand in hand and make it difficult for anyone to hack into company data.”
Parvinder Walia, sales and marketing director, ESET Asia Pacific
Courtesy: http://www.computerworld.in/
“I am extremely proud of my rags-to-riches story, it’s fun to be a misfit or an underdog if you acknowledge your gifts and befriend your obstacles.”
Kangana Ranaut, actress, said while talking about her decade-long Bollywood journey
Courtesy: http://www.business-standard.com/
“Believing in the tenet of equality, the millennials seem to be averse to the notion of hierarchy and position. Traditionally, we have thought of teams as being ‘owned’ by managers, but this generation cannot be ‘owned’. They work with you and not for you. Organisations would, therefore, be better off providing them with coaches rather than bosses.”
Pratap G, senior director of HR, Maersk Global Services
Courtesy: www.livemint.com
“The greatest pleasure I get is in working with iSpirt and building on the Aadhaar platform for things such as authen- tication, eKYC, digital signatures and digital repositories. These will enable government services to be paperless and cashless. This is at the heart of re-imagining government and business, which, I believe, will transform India.”
Nandan Nilekani, entrepreneur, bureaucrat and politician
Courtesy: http://www.businesstoday.in/
PROSPECTS Take a look at what our corporate leaders have to say about recent trends and their Quest for India’s growth prospects experiences in business world
“Relevance comes with your work and how good you are at your core job. Nobody is going to keep me as a brand ambassador if I am failing at my core job.”
Shah Rukh Khan, actor
and co-owner, Kolkata Knight Riders
Courtesy: Business Standard
“In today’s time, I don’t think that there is anything like Bollywood and regional cinema. I think it is cinema and everybody gets a space to showcase their work. Everybody works hard. Bollywood works as hard as regional cinema makers. Our job is also very difficult,”
Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Filmmaker
Courtesy: http://www.businessstandard.com/
“We believe the Indian economy is showing incipient signs of recovery and we are at an inflection point from equity markets perspective. If the recovery in Indian economy gathers steam, we might as well be at the start of a new bull market for Indian equities.”
Chandresh Nigam, managing director and CEO,
Axis Mutual Fund
Courtesy: Business Standard
“Five mega trends will shape the future-digitisation, economic power shift from West to East, widening economic disparity, changing relationship between us and our planet and urbanisation. These mega trends have brought into focus digitisation and smart manufacturing. We need digital technology to be more competitive, faster to market and improve quality. This will build Brand India.”
Kamal Bali, managing director, Volvo India
Courtesy: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/
“Indians have a unique entrepreneurial spirit and an immense amount of talent, both those individuals who have come here to the US and those still in India. My advice to entrepreneurs is to never stop believing in what is possible and thinking big, even when failure hits. Failures pave the road to success, as many say here in the Silicon Valley.”
Shantanu Narayen, CEO, Adobe Systems
Courtesy: Business Standards
I believe the relationship between the US and India over the past couple of decades has fundamentally changed-we have forged strong ties in security, defence and political coordination. But our dialogue on trade is weak-an economically strong India is good for the US. And India has put in office a government that is showing determination to reform the economy.
Frank G Wisner, former US ambassador to India and board
member, US-India Business Council
Courtesy: Times of India
More and more people are coming to read, connect and stay informed, so it’s not just about recruiting. We have influencers like PM Modi and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, who are regular writers on the platform. That has been a huge driving factor for our marketing business as well.
Akshay Kothari, country manager, LinkedIn India
Courtesy: Economic Times
“Online reputation is paramount in this digital age when it comes to building a brand. No organisation, which aims to be successful, can think of ignoring online reputation management.”
Manish Vij, founder and
CEO, SVG Media
Courtesy: Business Standard
“Once you experience other people showing it, you learn. It is an acquired quality. I was not born ruthless, I had an aptitude for chess and then you keep trying, you have to figure out the recipe for success and find out what makes it work for you.”
Viswanathan Anand, chess player and India’s first Grandmaster
Courtesy: http://www.thehindu.com/
By Rajesh Rao
